Influence of psychological nursing and health education on depression, anxiety and life quality of elderly patients with lung cancer

• Published in: Psychogeriatrics Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 521 - 527
• Main Authors: Sun, Yan, Wang, Xiaoyun, Li, Na, Bian, Junping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 01.07.2021; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Aged; Anxiety; Depression; elderly patients with lung cancer; Health Education; Humans; life quality; Lung cancer; Lung Neoplasms; Mental depression; Mood; Nursing; Older people; Patients; psychological nursing; Quality of Life; Respiratory function; Statistical analysis; health education; elderly patients with lung cancer; anxiety; life quality; psychological nursing; depression
• DOI: 10.1111/psyg.12700
• ISSN: 1346-3500

Background To explore and analyze the influence of psychological nursing and health education on depression, anxiety and life quality of elderly patients with lung cancer. Methods There were 84 elderly patients with lung cancer who were admitted and treated in our hospital since July 2018 till July 2019, serving as the objects of observation. The selected patients were divided into the control group (n = 42) and the observation group in principle of random allocation by computer numbers. Routine care was conducted to the control group, while psychological nursing and health education were implemented to the observation group, so as to compare the improvement effect of depression, anxiety, life quality and compliance on the two groups of patients before/after the two different nursing methods were adopted for intervention. Results Hamilton Depression Scale and Hamilton Anxiety Scale scores in the observation group were lower than those in the control group, and the levels of various pulmonary function indicators including degree of blood oxygen saturation, forced expiratory volume in 1 second, forced vital capacity and maximum ventilatory capacity and quality of life scores were significantly improved; compared with the control group, the total compliance of the observation group was significantly increased, and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion The psychological nursing and health education implemented for elderly patients with lung cancer will improve patients' bad mood effectively, enhance life quality and perfect prognosis for patients, maintaining significant value in clinical application.